Welcome to First Grade. 

My name is Mrs. Boykin and I am very excited about being your child's Teacher for the 2024-2025 School Year at DILLARD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. We are very excited and looking forward to a fantastic year of learning and fun!

If at any time you have questions, please email me at sboykin@dillardacademy.org call 919-581-0128 between 3:20pm and 3:45pm.

We are looking forward to a successful school year!!!

                         Mrs. Boykin Teacher

                        Mrs. Vega, Instructional Assistant

Catching the Waves in 1st Grade

                                    CATCH THE WAVE TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS!"

Dillard Academy Mission Statement:  To positively provide a safe and quality education, with high expectations, so that we can excel and grow.

TIGER WORD OF THE MONTH: Diversity

COUNTRY OF THE QUARTER:  Cuba




                                                        3rd NINE WEEKS

ELA

Our class will be working on the following 1st grade standards:  


 Magnetic Reading Foundations

 I am excited to share with you that our classroom will be using Magnetic Reading Foundations as our foundational skills curriculum. Magnetic Reading Foundations is a supplementary reading program that was created to help your student develop the building blocks for success in reading. The instruction in Magnetic Reading Foundations reflects a research-based approach on how literacy skills develop and a commitment to engaging students and inspiring in them a love of reading.

 Each week’s instruction will include: 

• Phonological Awareness, to help your student hear and play with the sounds that make up words—a critical step in learning to read. 

• Phonics skills to connect sounds to letters. Connecting sounds to the letters that stand for them is at the heart of learning to read. 

• Spelling practice with words that include each new skill they are learning. 

• High-Frequency Words, so that your student can read, spell, write, and use some of the most frequently used words in the English language. In class, we will call these words Super Words. 

• Fluency, so your student can read accurately. Fluency skills help readers understand what they read. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Our class will be working on the following 1st grade standards:  


Helpful Links 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sight+words+jack+hartmann

https://www.splashlearn.com/student#/

https://www.esparklearning.com/

https://jr.brainpop.com/